Day one of recovery. Chen Wei could barely move. Every breath sent fire through his ribs. His hand was wrapped in so many bandages it looked like a club.
Xiao Ru brought him food. Tang Yong brought updates. The Zhou family was moving fast. Chen Group facilities were reporting suspicious activity. Equipment failures. Worker accidents. Small things that added up to systematic sabotage.
"They are accelerating their timeline for everything," Tang Yong reported. "Not just the merger. They want Chen Group crippled before the board can react."
"How many operatives do we think they have inside?" Chen Wei asked.
"At least forty across all divisions. Maybe more. They have been placing people for months. We are only catching them now because they are getting aggressive."
Forty Zhou family agents
